HTMAA 2023 > Yohan > Week 12

Machine Building

Nerf Turret

For machine building week, we made an automated Nerf turret. I was responsible for the yaw/tilt mechanism but as one of the few willing to sacrifice sleep I ended up contributing to the control PCB (for everything, integration hell), firmware and tuning.

final

Yaw/Tilt

I went with a very simple design that's extremely fast to modify and manufacture if we need to change something during integration. It revolves around the DS3225MG Servos and every part is laser-cut from 6mm acrylic.

cad The design, consisting of three laser-cut parts and screws

Find out more about this project on our group documentation.